Scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. I swear by almighty god. Sincerely and truly. Declare and affirm. That the evidence i shall give. Should be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming up are the key things we learned from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared . The inquiry is set to last for years but is broken down into different sections. There are so many different ways to express different opinions. Why do we have to have personal abuse . Baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. Throughout, the questioning is led by senior counsel hugo keith kc. But if ijust may say, mr hancock, will you allow me, please, in this forum . It is vital for planning. Thats the point. I ask the questions. Of course. That crucialjob is shared by another senior barrister, Kate Blackwell kc. Do you accept, mr cameron, that the Health Budgets over the time of your government were inade
Scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. I swear by almighty god. Sincerely and truly. Declare and affirm. That the evidence i shall give. Should be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming up are the key things we learned from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared . The inquiry is set to last for years but is broken down into different sections. There are so many different ways to express different opinions. Why do we have to have personal abuse . Baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. Throughout, the questioning is led by senior counsel hugo keith kc. But if ijust may say, mr hancock, will you allow me, please, in this forum . It is vital for planning. Thats the point. I ask the questions. Of course. That crucialjob is shared by another senior barrister, Kate Blackwell kc. Do you accept, mr cameron, that the Health Budgets over the time of your government were inade
Of weird moves. Macarena. Hey, scaramucci but some things are still refreshingly familiar. Donald trump tweeting a short time ago change . Yes. But revolution . No. John sopel, bbc news, washington. Thats a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. Now on bbc news its time for newsnight. Bundled away in his pajamas. Theres International Condemnation tonight for the violent crackdown in venezuala. As these Opposition Leaders are detained, the un and the eu urge their immediate release. Well try to understand the situation, with the help of an opposition senator and a pro government activist. Fentanyl, an anaesthetic 50 times more powerful than heroin, is the drug that killed the rock star prince. Today we learned that its illicit use has killed at least 60 people already this year in one area of the county alone. Well ask why did it take so long to realise this was going on . And ryanairs shy and self effacing boss is warning of severe turbulence for air travel when we brex
had my dad died from something else, say, cancer, people wouldn t be coming to me and saying, well, was it really cancer? this inquiry is not, though, just a review of the past, but has to ask how to better protect the country in the future. professor woolhouse was and is a vocal critic of many blanket lockdown measures. 0n the scale of potential pandemics, covid 19 was not at the top. it may be that next time, and there will be a next time, we are dealing with a virus that is much more deadly and is also much more transmissible. in which case, actually, the things we did to control covid 19 wouldn t have worked anyway. i m not sitting here as a doom monger or saying this is going to happen or this is going to happen soon. but i am confident enough to tell government that this is something you should be concerned about. the inquiry s next phase examines in detail the decisions made
and in some cases threatened. and one of the things that i would like to point out is that had my dad died from something else, say, cancer, people wouldn t be coming to me and saying, well, was it really cancer? this inquiry is not, though, just a review of the past, but has to ask how to better protect the country in the future. professor woolhouse was and is a vocal critic of many blanket lockdown measures. on the scale of potential pandemics, covid 19 was not at the top. it may be that next time, and there will be a next time, we are dealing with a virus that is much more deadly and is also much more transmissible. in which case, actually, the things we did to control covid 19 wouldn t have worked anyway. i m not sitting here as a doom monger or saying this is going to happen or this is going to happen soon. but i am confident enough to tell government that this is something you should be concerned about.